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[DaisyDuck001]

Is the WL Tour really worth all this aggravation? Since we seem to be keeping all the dinner plans intact, I'll probably just tour some of the monorail resorts and possibly WL by boat on my own on Dec 12, rather than rearrange my entire schedule.

(But on the other hand we have over 6 months to go, so plenty of time for changes. And I STILL haven't started planning my intinerary for Montreal June 28 - July 1! LOL)

Colette - As we discussed via E-Mail, I would love to join you at 1900 Park Fare for dinner.

PennConn,

On every visit to WDW so far, I have missed the WL tour for one reason or another. I really would like to fit it in this time. If the WDW employees who answered the phone would have had access to info about the days the tour is offered, there wouldn't have been aggravation at all. I was on the phone with them for about an hour and a half trying to get info about tours at AKL and WL. They finally got me through to someone at AKL who answered my questions about tours at that resort, but I had no luck with getting through to WL. I'll try again as soon as I can, as I know we all would like to figure out the plans before we are eligible to make dining reservations.

Another option might be to do the WL tour first thing at 9:00 AM on Thursday morning 12/13, and then start the parasailing right after that (maybe we would book for 10:30 or 11:00 start, instead of 10:00 start). With that approach, Tuesday and Wednesday's plans wouldn't have to change. Any thoughts on that, Colette?

I would also like to have dinner one night at 1900 Park Fare with the group -- I was the one who suggested this restaurant, so I hope things work out in a way that I can be with you all for that.

Daisy

 

[Disneyfan63]

On every visit to WDW so far, I have missed the WL tour for one reason or another. If the WDW employees who answered the phone would have had access to info about the days the tour is offered, there wouldn't have been aggravation at all. I was on the phone with them for about an hour and a half trying to get info about tours at AKL and WL. They finally got me through to someone at AKL who answered my questions about tours at that resort, but I had no luck with getting through to WL.

I would also like to have dinner one night at 1900 Park Fare with the group -- I was the one who suggested this restaurant, so I hope things work out in a way that I can be with you all for that.

Daisy

Hi,

I would also like to join you and the group at 1900 Park Faire, as I have never eaten at the Grand Floridian restaurants, but I have yet to book my MouseFest trip. I'm sorry that you have had difficulty getting through to the Wilderness Lodge. Did you try to access the resorts directly, or through CRO? Information and phone and fax numbers for all the resorts is available at AllEarsNet.

The telephone number for Animal Kingdom Lodge is 1 (407) 938-3000; and that for Wilderness Lodge (which I phoned to confirm my 2005 reservation) is 1 (407) 824-3200. Hope this helps!

Jim

 

[Colette]

Daisy,
We could book parasailing for later on the 13th-no problem-that would keep 1900 Park Fare and Jellyrolls on the 11th. I like Rich's idea of doing the monorail hotels together. I find that I end up spending more time on Disney transportation than doing what I want, so anything that saves travel time, I like. After dinner at Park Fare, we could go to the Boardwalk and Yacht and Beachclub to see the decorations, on the way to Jellyrolls. I've been to DisneyWorld 5 times, which is nowhere as much as some of you and I still haven't seen and done all that I want, but there's always the next time and I enjoy it all, so it doesn't matter. Colette

 

[Colette]

Welcome Jim,
Nice to have anothe man joining the group-Rich(PennConn) and Steve(Disneytraveler) will be joining us for dinners. You didn't say what your dates were, but so far I will be booking(on 6/12) ADS for:
12/10-Planet Hollywood
12/11-1900 Park Fare
12/13-Le Cellier(my Birthday dinner)-followed by Candlelight Processional and Illuminations
12/14-Crystal Palace for late breakfast(10:30-11:00)
12/14-Wolfgang Puck's Cafe and Pleasure Island
12/15-Cape May Cafe
Let me know which you would like to join us for and when I make the ressies, I'll book extra seats for latecomers and PM everyone with the times, my last name and a list of cell phone numbers for those of us doing things together. I will be trying for between 6 and 6:30 for dinner times.
Colette

 

[englishrose47]

Not going till Feb but looking for other soloistes going same time. Would love to hook up for dinner a couple of times . I'm checking out restaurant menus already ( We dissers like to be prepared!!) Like the look of Boma, C.P. ( Have been there and loved it) Biergarten, Capt Jack's and Raglan Road.As a soloist times are so flexible I love it. Do you all get Hoppers? Clue me in on the solo thing as this will be my first!!

 

[Glendamax]

Do you all get Hoppers? Clue me in on the solo thing as this will be my first!!

This will be my first also. I will get a hopper ticket, so I can have more choices. I want to be able to do whatever I want while I'm there!

 

[Colette]

I got Hopper and added water parks,fun and more, in case of warm weather, plus it includes Pleasure Island, which I know I'll use.
Colette

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Daisy,
We could book parasailing for later on the 13th-no problem-that would keep 1900 Park Fare and Jellyrolls on the 11th. I like Rich's idea of doing the monorail hotels together. I find that I end up spending more time on Disney transportation than doing what I want, so anything that saves travel time, I like. After dinner at Park Fare, we could go to the Boardwalk and Yacht and Beachclub to see the decorations, on the way to Jellyrolls. I've been to DisneyWorld 5 times, which is nowhere as much as some of you and I still haven't seen and done all that I want, but there's always the next time and I enjoy it all, so it doesn't matter. Colette

Thanks to all of you for your patience while I was getting the WL tour information. I don't know why it took so many phone calls and so much time, but I finally got some answers today.

I've been told that the WL tour is offered only Wednesday-Saturday, and (to my surprise), it usually lasts about three hours. It goes indoors and outdoors at the WL and gives a lot of history and lesser-known information. It includes a visit to a Railroad Spike Room that most people haven't even heard of. The tour is free to guests staying at any WDW resort.

Colette,

I appreciate your willingness to be flexible regarding the morning plans for 12/13. I really want your birthday to be special for you, so if my idea here doesn't appeal to you, we can find a different approach. In light of the fact that I was just told the WL tour is three hours (previously I thought it was only one hour), would you still be up for doing that tour on Thursday morning? With this plan, we would spend the whole morning on the WL tour, then have lunch, and then we would go parasailing after lunch. Does that schedule sound like fun?

If not, then let me suggest an alternative. We could exchange ALL the plans for Tuesday, 12/11 with ALL the plans for Wednesday, 12/12. That would mean you would spend Tuesday at MGM and have dinner Tuesday night at the Prime Time Cafe. (I would spend that day at Universal). Then on Wednesday, 12/12, we would do the Wilderness Lodge tour in the morning, tour other monorail resorts in the early afternoon, AKL tour at 4 PM, then dinner at 1900 Park Fare, then Jellyrolls. If we go with this plan, we could still be together for all the things we previously planned to do together, and we could still start the parasailing first thing in the morning on Thursday, 12/13.

I will probably have a small rental car, so if there are no more than four of us doing these resort tours together on a mutually convenient day, then I might be able to take some passengers with me that day, in order to minimize travel time for all of us. If there are more than four people, we could see if anyone else will have a rental car also, and we could go in two cars.

I look forward to your reply about whether either of the above plans is OK for you. I hope we can work it out so that we can all still do the things together that we all would like to do, while also still meeting everyone's individual goals.

Daisy

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Hi,

I would also like to join you and the group at 1900 Park Faire, as I have never eaten at the Grand Floridian restaurants, but I have yet to book my MouseFest trip. I'm sorry that you have had difficulty getting through to the Wilderness Lodge. Did you try to access the resorts directly, or through CRO? Information and phone and fax numbers for all the resorts is available at AllEarsNet.

The telephone number for Animal Kingdom Lodge is 1 (407) 938-3000; and that for Wilderness Lodge (which I phoned to confirm my 2005 reservation) is 1 (407) 824-3200. Hope this helps!

Jim

Hi Disneyfan63,

We met last year at MouseFest, including the LTT dinner. Glad you will probably be joining our group for 1900 Park Fare.

I had gotten through to AKL a few weeks ago, but I hadn't been able to get through to WL until today. I had tried every which way. I'm glad I finally got the questions answered.

I agree with Colette that it's nice that we now have at least three men in the group that will be meeting in December. When we started, men were under-represented. Hopefully during the next few months even more men and women will also post here to join us.

Daisy

 

[Colette]

Daisy,
I can't change 12/12 afternoon and dinner plans because some that are going to 50's Prime time Cafe aren't available to switch to 12/11 because of MVMCP, so I'm going to leave 1900 Park Fare on 12/11.
As far as The Wilderness Lodge Tour on The 13th-to do that for 3 hours, then do Parasailing in the afternoon and get to Epcot for dinner, which may possibly need to be earlier than 6:00, due to the fact that I need to book a table for 8 and they are limited-is a lot for one day, for me,anyway. I want to be able to go back to the Hotel to freshen up, if necessary, before going out for the evening. If the tour was an hour, it might work, but I'm not really interested in a 3 hour tour, not this trip, anyway. Now, if the weather turns out to be not good to parasail that day, it will have to be re-scheduled, so I want to have time to do that; unfortunately you don't know until that day, but that can't be helped.
It's impossible to make everything work, so whatever is most important to you is what you should do. I have set aside 12/11 for resort hopping, 12/12 is open in a.m. and 12/13 for parasailing and Epcot, so let me know what you decide to do. Colette

 

[PennConn]

Colette,

I appreciate your willingness to be flexible regarding the morning plans for 12/13. I really want your birthday to be special for you, so if my idea here doesn't appeal to you, we can find a different approach. In light of the fact that I was just told the WL tour is three hours (previously I thought it was only one hour), would you still be up for doing that tour on Thursday morning? With this plan, we would spend the whole morning on the WL tour, then have lunch, and then we would go parasailing after lunch. Does that schedule sound like fun?

If not, then let me suggest an alternative. We could exchange ALL the plans for Tuesday, 12/11 with ALL the plans for Wednesday, 12/12. That would mean you would spend Tuesday at MGM and have dinner Tuesday night at the Prime Time Cafe. (I would spend that day at Universal). Then on Wednesday, 12/12, we would do the Wilderness Lodge tour in the morning, tour other monorail resorts in the early afternoon, AKL tour at 4 PM, then dinner at 1900 Park Fare, then Jellyrolls. If we go with this plan, we could still be together for all the things we previously planned to do together, and we could still start the parasailing first thing in the morning on Thursday, 12/13.

Daisy

Hi Daisy and Colette

I'll probably pass on the WL tour if it's 3 hours long. But I am flexible as far as rearranging the dinner schedule to accomodate other people's plans. Just keep me posted (no pun intended) about what you finally decide for dinner reservations.

 

[PennConn]

PS Welcome Jim and Steve! (And I thought I would have these nice ladies all to myself! Just kidding .... LOL)

 

[englishrose47]

This will be my first also. I will get a hopper ticket, so I can have more choices. I want to be able to do whatever I want while I'm there!

Wish we were going the same time, but I thought the Hopper would add the flexibility I needed1 Did not get when went with the family but didn't need it! To hard moving kids from 1 park to another!!

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Colette,

Thanks for the reply. I understand your point that with so many people, preferences and schedules, it is impossible to make everything work. I also understand that I seem to be the only one interested in the WL tour, if it is really three hours. (I have received conflicting information about the duration of this tour, so I'm not sure what's really true). It looks like whatever day I do the WL tour, I'll probably be doing that on my own.

Given that you're not going on the WL tour, if I do that tour alone in the morning on 12/13, could I still go parasailing with you in the early afternoon (if we would finish early enough that you could go back to the hotel before dinner)? Or does the parasailing need to be in the morning?

I really would like to have dinner with you all at 1900 Park Fare on 12/11, so I'm trying to find a way to work out my schedule so that can happen.
For the moment at least, please count me in for the 1900 Park Fare dinner.

Daisy

 

[Colette]

Daisy,
We don't have to parasail first thing in the morning, although they said that morning is best because it's less windy, but if the weather's cold, then for sure early afternoon would be better. I'd like to do it by noon because I want to be able to spend the afternoon at Epcot, before dinner. We don't have to book parasailing so soon, so have time to decide. I hope the day is nice because I don't see any other time that it will fit in, at this point.
I'll keep you on for Park Fare-I hope that works for you because it's a good day to resort hop and have lunch. I don't make ressies for lunch because it's more fun to eat when and "what" you want and not have to work around a schedule for that. That's the time to eat"fun" food....
Colette

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Colette,

Thanks for the reply. I am still working on re-arranging my schedule in such a way that I can have dinner with you all at 1900 Park Fare on 12/11. I thought I would have my revised schedule all planned by now, but after the unexpected info that the WL tour is three hours, it's taking me more time to figure out how to revise my plans.

Actually, I'm having a hard time believing that the WL tour lasts that long, and I'm wondering if there has been a mix-up about it, since I was previously told it goes only one hour. In another attempt to clear up the confusion, I've send PM's to two people I consider to be experts on WDW. I hope they will know more.

If it would turn out the WL tour is only one hour, we could easily fit it in on 12/13 before the parasailing. If it's three hours, things get a bit more complicated. I am looking into all this and will let you know what I find out.

On most days I have a table service lunch, so I make lunch reservations for most days, because it's hard to get in without them. However, I like to have one lunch at Tangierine Cafe on each trip.

I understand that you usually have counter service lunches.

Before you make the dinner/breakfast reservations, will you get a chance to post a list here of who is joining you for each meal?

Regarding resort touring, I would like to visit Saratoga Springs and Old Key West, as I've never had the chance to see the lobby or explore the grounds of either of them. Also, I just read that the Grand Floridian, Beach Club and Yacht Club also offer free walking tours to guests of any WDW resort. This info is new to me, and I haven't yet been able to find out days, times, and durations. I also sent this question to the experts.

Daisy

 

[Colette]

Daisy,
I have all day on the 11th open for resort hopping, so any times for tours is fine. I do like the idea of doing the monorail ones together to keep it organized-after that, Then maybe the Boardwalk and all the ones in that area.
I have counter service credits with the dining package, so will use those, although can do one or two sit-downs, if there's something special. I tend to eat lighter during the day, if I'm having a big dinner and I don't want to be locked into a time to stop if I'm in the middle of rides or shows.
I've been keeping a list of who has said they would be joining for each meal and i'll post it soon, so that everyone can check it out and add to or drop off, if necessary. Then I'll PM a list to all of you with dates, times and cell phone numbers. I think it looks pretty good. Le Cellier is the largest group and we still don't know if Antss will be joining us so I've kept an open place for her. Colette

 

[Colette]

Good evening all,
O.K.-here's what I have for dinner ressies so far:

12/10-Planet Hollywood (Colette, Kat, and Rich)
12/11-1900 Park Fare(Colette,Rich, Jim, and Daisy?)
12/12-50's Prime Time Cafe(Colette, Kat, Rich and Glenda(2)
12/13-Le Cellier(Colette, Kat, Rich, Daisy, Glenda(2),Steve, and Karnak?)
12/14-Crystal Palace-(Colette,Daisy, Rich, Kat,)
12/14-Wolfgang Puck's Cafe(Colette, Daisy, Kat and Rich?)
12/15-Cape May Cafe(Colette, Marsha and Rich)


Please let me know if I've left anyone out or if you want to be added on to one of the meals. I know that Jim just joined, Steve isn't on often, Karnak is new and we're waiting to see if Antss will be able to join us. I'll be making ADR's on 6/13, so still time.....The more, the merrier!
Colette

 

[englishrose47]

This is awesome I'm not going till Feb but would love to do something like this then!!

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Colette,

Thanks for posting the list. I'll be calling for my dining reservations this Thursday, 6/7. I'm eligible to call then because my trip starts on 12/4. If you like, I would be willing to make the reservations for the meals we'll be having together. I know we had said you would make them, but I just realized that since I'm eligible to call a few days earlier, we might have a better chance of getting our first-choice times if I do this. I have to call anyway for my other meals, so I wouldn't mind. Let me know what you prefer. In any case, you would still make the reservations for Planet Hollywood, Prime Time Cafe, and Cape May Cafe, since I'm not going to those dinners.

If I do make the reservations for the meals we're having together, how many extra spots should we reserve for people who may want to add later? Three or four spots per meal? Or just two?

Daisy